Enhancement of inhibitory mechanisms in the motor cortex of patients with cerebellar degeneration: A study with transcranial magnetic brain stimulation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 273-280

  Wessel, K ^a   Tegenthoff, M ^b   Vorgerd, M ^b   Otto, V ^a   Nitschke, M F ^a   Malin, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Double stimulation; Magnetic cortex stimulation; Motor cortex; Postexcitatory inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030222046     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(96)95531-9     Document Type: Article

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